[BUGS] Re: case / coalesce problem with strings WORKAROUND

2000-11-26 Thread Dino Dini
I just find a workaround, which also may shed light on the bug itself: select 'hello ' || coalesce('there','there',0::text); ?column? - hello there (1 row) And this is very strange indeed: select 'hello ' || coalesce('there','there',0); ?column? - hello 13635

[BUGS] case / coalesce problem with strings

2000-11-26 Thread Dino Dini
select 'hello ' || coalesce('there','there'); ERROR: Function 'text(unknown)' does not exist Unable to identify a function that satisfies the given argument types You may need to add explicit typecasts It seems clear that the coalesce construction must return a string - so why do

[BUGS] call plpgsql function bug! (set arguments to NULL)

2000-11-26 Thread Dmitry Gercog
Hi! I'm found that call function has bug: some function have more than one arguments and if one argument is NULL, then all other arguments is NULL too! But function calling only with one NULL arguments. Why?! My system Linux Slackware 7.0, Postgres 7.0.2. kernel 2.2.16 log file attached. Dmit

Re: [BUGS] Fails to add function from file with \i in psql

2000-11-26 Thread Tom Lane
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > psql:triggertest.sql:4: NOTICE: plpgsql: ERROR during compile of c_fnc > near line 1 > "sql:triggertest.sql:4: ERROR: parse error at or near " Sounds like you saved your file with DOS-style newlines (\r\n). The plpgsql parser doesn't think \r is whitespace. That'

[BUGS] Special character pervents psql from parsing?

2000-11-26 Thread pgsql-bugs
Roland Szabo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) reports a bug with a severity of 2 The lower the number the more severe it is. Short Description Special character pervents psql from parsing? Long Description Consider the two expressions in the example code. They are almost the same, the only difference is, th

[BUGS] Fails to add function from file with \i in psql

2000-11-26 Thread pgsql-bugs
Roland Szabo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) reports a bug with a severity of 2 The lower the number the more severe it is. Short Description Fails to add function from file with \i in psql Long Description For maintainance reasons, sql statements for our databases are saved in files, and upon installation

Re: [BUGS] CHECK evaluation error when using more than one table

2000-11-26 Thread Tom Lane
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > CREATE TABLE ninhada ( > c_id_mae int, > n_id int, > c_id_pai int, > n_dta_nasc date, > PRIMARY KEY (n_id, c_id_mae), > FOREIGN KEY (c_id_mae) REFERENCES caes (c_id) >ON DELETE CASCADE, > FOREIGN KEY (c_id_pai) REFERENCES caes (c_id)

[BUGS] CHECK evaluation error when using more than one table

2000-11-26 Thread pgsql-bugs
Pedro Alves ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) reports a bug with a severity of 2 The lower the number the more severe it is. Short Description CHECK evaluation error when using more than one table Long Description Creating a table with the code shown, everytime I try to insert values I get the same "ERROR: E